Let’s listen to some musical sorcery and make up a slide show to accompany Dukas’ colourful music “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”.
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Morning Moods
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Primary)
Listen carefully to the sounds of the morning, and also to the music of Grieg, and then compose some morning music of your own. An inspirational composing activity for youngsters!
Texture For the Common Man
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Primary)
Classroom composing activities used by Cheryl in a variety of settings which use Fanfare For The Common Man by Aaron Copland as a starting point, and focussing on texture in music.
“Winter” Composing
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Primary)
Classroom composing and performing activities used by Cheryl in a variety of settings which use the 1st Movement of “Winter” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as a starting point.
Winter Wear – River Wear Stories
Categories: Arrangements for choir, Music Teaching Activities (Primary), Song Stories
Using the River Wear in Northeast England as inspiration, a primary school and I created a musical journey from the North Pennines down to the North Sea, stopping off to explore on the way.
Musical River
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Primary)
Using a river for musical inspiration has proved to be a fruitful tactic when composing for myself or with a classful or schoolful of children!
Songs Of The Calder
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Primary), Song Stories
River music merriment and enthusiastic new songs with Year 6 at St. Michael’s C of E Academy in Flanshaw, Wakefield.
Crocodilus Niloticus and the Ration Book. Boo!
Categories: Composery Life, Music Teaching Activities (Primary)
I’ve returned to the classroom for the last few weeks and have composed new music for youngsters on the themes of Ancient Egypt and World War 2!
Song Stories: Our School Is Like The Taj Mahal
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Primary), Music Teaching Activities (Secondary), Song Stories
This school song was written for the opening of a new school building at Grangetown Primary School in Sunderland. It compares the new school to other famous buildings around the world. The lyrics have been successfully adapted by several other schools.
Why “Sea Pie Parcel”?
Categories: Music Teaching Activities (Primary), Song Stories
Why “Sea Pie Parcel?” they ask. Well…. it’s a walk along the beach, some lyrics, a song, a collection of songs….
